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Texas-based oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. stockholders will vote Wednesday on a proposed company policy to ban discrimination against gay or transgender workers, a shareholder resolution pushed by New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold another public meeting about the Omaha Public Power District's Fort Calhoun nuclear plant this week.

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In the latest installment of the long-running serial "Super Rich Guy Calls for Higher Taxes," hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer made a $20 million donation last week to an initiative to raise California's corporate tax rate.

Plenty of black gold is hidden in the sand and shale of the Dominguez Oil Field, Occidental Petroleum Corp.

The port authority board agreed at this week's meeting to lease an additional 44 acres to Chesapeake Exploration, a subsidiary of natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy, for $1,800 an acre and 15 percent royalties.

A Tulsa County jury has reached a verdict in the case against a Broken Arrow mother accused of manslaughter in the death of her 9-year-old son.

The Palisades nuclear plant in southwestern Michigan is making progress on fixing its myriad problems but still has many to overcome, the outgoing chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday.

Pending a final decision by the Maryland Public Service Commission , customers may opt out of receiving smart meters.

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Neo Material Technologies Inc. . Rare earths. Down 34 cents, or 3.24 per cent, at $10.15 on 14,349,196 shares.

Activist investor Carl Icahn is taking a stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp. and calling for at least four of company's directors to be replaced.

Activist investor Carl Icahn is taking a stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp. and calling for at least four of company's directors to be replaced.

Omaha Public Power District workers have found a flaw this week in one of more than 50 heaters that helps pressurize water to cool the reactor at the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant, but the utility says no coolant leaked and the plant remains safe.

North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark has been confirmed for a spot on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved changes to a policy known as "net energy metering," which allows solar system owners to cut their utility bills by receiving credit for any excess electricity they send to the state's power grid.

NEAR RICHLAND, Wash. -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Columbia Generating Station's license for an additional 20 years - extending operation of the plant through 2043.

One Koch Industries building project is already complete, and another is in the pipeline, but even after that, the company's Wichita headquarters will be near capacity, says Melissa Cohlmia , a spokeswoman for Koch.

This June 14, 2011, file photo shows Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo in Nashville, Tenn. Abdo, a Muslim soldier who went AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky.

Syria's main opposition council has accepted the resignation of its Paris-based president who had earlier offered to step down amid mounting criticism of his leadership.